The reason that I purchase this phone was the waterproof feature, so I can snap some pictures underwater if I wanted to. The quality of the camera overall is below average (front and back). The pictures tend to become underexposed and adjusting the manual setting does little help. The phone is reliable, with the battery life lasting almost one full day with the wi-fi and data on. The phone reception was better than my last phone, so no complaints there. Maybe it is the OS, but you would expect to have a flashlight app built-in. On one hot evening, the camera did not function because the phone was overheated from snapping pictures out in the sun. I had to wait about thirty minutes to an hour before I can use the camera again. I did not try to put the phone to cold water to cool it down. At any rate, the phone is light and reliable if you are not worried about the camera feature.

Sheldon Simpson11 23,2013 11:25Rating：Excellent

I bought a lot of stuff this summer from my favorite store in the world (EOEM of course!) but none were as eagerly anticipated as the Xperia ZR. Earlier in the year I took weeks trying to figure out if I should get the Z or ZL, then the ZR was announced. All three are very sleek and high performance phones with only minor differences. At the end of day I chose the ZR for the following reasons:

(A) it\'s more compact at 4.5\" than the 5\" Z and ZL
(B) it\'s water resistant just like the Z (I think the certification is actually higher than than the Z) and the ZL was not water resistant
(C) It has a dedicated camera button like the ZL which the Z doesn\'t have

So I was basically getting the best of both worlds of what I liked with the Z and ZL respectively. Plus it has a removable battery. I don\'t like being restricted and the Z and ZL had non-removable batteries (although i\'m sure there is a way to reboot those if they should ever hang up...I hope)

The only thing I would say I missed by taking the ZR over the Z is the glass finishing and the Z has a better looking back. But hey, I always get skins for my phones so I won\'t be seeing the back much anyway so I quickly shot that down. And the ZR is a little cheaper.

Haven\'t started to fully play with it yet but so far it\'s pretty fast, I love the black version, I think it\'s very sophisticated in it\'s design and you\'ll definitely get a lot of attention with this phone. It\'s also incredibly light weight. If you like to be different from the crowd and don\'t want something that everyone else has (Samsung Galaxy and iphone) then I suggest this phone. The Z and ZL are also good options but if you want the best of both worlds then get this bad boy! I bought the 1st ever Xperia, the X1, a few years ago and that was also very sleek and ran windows OS. All the Xperia models since then have all been very nice. I can\'t wait to see what Sony comes with at the next mobile conference in January 2014! Sony rules!

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